List of ship launches in 1931

The list of ship launches in 1931 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1931.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
22 January Triona Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For British Phosphate Carriers.[1]
22 January Ville de Tamatave Steamship Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine-Maritime Le Trait France For Cie. Havraise Péninsulaire [2]
29 January Commandant Reculoux 12 m 50 Lifeboat Chantiers de la Rochelle La Rochelle France For Soc. des Hospitaliers-Sauveteurs Bretons (Saint Malo) [3]
3 February Alabama Cargo ship Chantiers de Normandie Le Grand-Quevilly France For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique[4]
5 February Autocarrier Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Southern Railway
19 February Aigle Aigle-class destroyer Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk France For French Navy.[5]
28 February Savarona Passenger ship Blohm + Voss Hamburg Weimar Republic
5 March Ogeni Sternwheeler Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Elder Dempster.[6]
17 March Monarch of Bermuda Ocean liner Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom For Furness Withy.[7]
29 March Vauquelin Vauquelin-class destroyer Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk France For French Navy.[8]
1 April Bideford Shoreham-class sloop Devonport Dockyard Devonport United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[9]
5 April Chōkai Takao-class cruiser Mitsubishi Nagasaki  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy.[10]
17 April Hilary Cargo liner Cammell Laird Birkenhead United Kingdom For Booth Steamship Co.
14 May Maréchal Joffre Ocean liner Soc. Provençale de Constructions Navales La Ciotat France For Cie. des Messageries Maritimes[11]
14 May Cliona Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[12]
16 May Lexia Motor yacht Berthon Boat Co. Ltd Lymington United Kingdom For Thomas P. Rose-Richards.[13]
19 May Deutschland Deutschland-class cruiser Deutsche Werke Kiel  Germany For Reichsmarine.
19 May Marcelle Motor boat Chantiers et Forges de la Hève Le Havre  France For: Soc. Hyproma [14]
21 May Maracay Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.[15]
18 June Savorgnan de Brazza Colinial Aviso Chantiers MAritime du Sud Ouest Bordeaux France For French Navy[16]
June I.W.C.661 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[17]
2 July Conch Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[18]
16 July Rochester Shoreham-class sloop Chatham Dockyard Chatham United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[19]
18 July L'Espoir Redoutable-class submarine Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg France For French Navy.
18 July Colombie Ocean liner Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkirk France For Compagnie Generale Transatlantique[20]
19 July Ville de Majunga Screw steamer Chantiers de Seine-Maritime Le Trait France For: Compagnie Havraise Péninsulaire [21]
18 July Strathaird Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[22]
14 August Épervier Aigle-class destroyer Arsenal de Lorient Lorient France For French Navy.[5]
August I.W.C. 662 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[17]
August I.W.C. 663 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[17]
13 September Courgain Dredge spoil carrier Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: Ponts et Chaussées (Calais)[23]
24 September Leander Leander-class cruiser Devonport Dockyard Devonport United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[24]
29 September Cygnet C-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[25]
29 September Crescent C-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
30 September Comet C-class destroyer Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth United Kingdom Royal Navy.
30 September Crusader C-class destroyer Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
30 September Luigi Cadorna Condottieri-class cruiser Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste  Italy For Regia Marina.[26]
September I.W.C. 664 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[17]
10 October Monterey Ocean liner Bethlehem Steel Co. Quincy, Massachusetts United States For Matson Navigation Co.[27]
11 October Bout-Blanc Dredge spoil carrier Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: Ponts et Chaussées (Rochelle) [28]
13 October Milan Aigle-class destroyer Arsenal de Lorient Lorient France For French Navy.[5]
13 October Risban Dredge spoil carrier Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: Ponts et Chaussées (Calais) [29]
28 October Conte di Savoia Ocean liner Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste  Italy For Italian Line.[30]
29 October Kempenfelt C-class destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes United Kingdom For Royal Navy
October I.W.C. 665 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[17]
7 November Indianapolis Portland-class cruiser New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey United States For United States Navy.[31]
8 November Cassard Vauquelin-class destroyer Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne Nantes France For French Navy.[8]
9 November Maillé Brézé Vauquelin-class destroyer Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët Saint-Nazaire France For French Navy.[8]
12 November Georgic Ocean liner Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For White Star Line.
14 November Kersaint Vauquelin-class destroyer Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire France For French Navy.[8]
November I.W.C. 666 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[17]
5 December Pola Zara-class cruiser OTO Livorno Livorno  Italy For Regia Marina.[32]
7 December Tartu Vauquelin-class destroyer Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire France For French Navy.[8]
9 December Saint Marc Dredge spoil carrier Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre  France For: Ponts et Chaussées (Rochelle) [33]
10 December Highland Patriot Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Nelson Steamship Co.[34]
15 December Manhattan Ocean liner New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey United States
23 December Lightship No. 87 Lightship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Trinity House.[35]
December I.W.C. 667 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Inland Waterways Commission.[17]
Unknown date Avon Queen Motor barge Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe United Kingdom For Francis & Niblett.[36]
Unknown date Flathouse Collier Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Southwick United Kingdom For Stephenson Clarke.[37]
Unknown date Hoedic Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby United Kingdom For Compagnie Nazairienne de Remorquage et de Sauvetage.[38]
Unknown date John Hickman Barge Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd. Queensferry United Kingdom For Spillers Ltd.[39]
Unknown date Mariposa Ocean Liner Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts United States For Matson Line.
Unknown date Skylark 8 Motor vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole United Kingdom For J. Bolson & Son Ltd.[40]

References

  1. ↑ "Triona". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Le Lancement du « Ville de Tamatave »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18015. 23 January 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 13 July 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  3. ↑ "Lancement d'un bateau de sauvetage". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18023. 31 January 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 13 July 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  4. ↑ "Lancement du cargo « Alabama »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18027. 4 February 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 13 July 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  5. 1 2 3 Whitley 2000, p. 39.
  6. ↑ "Ogeni". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Whitley 2000, p. 41.
  9. ↑ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 50.
  10. ↑ Whitley 1999, p. 177.
  11. ↑ "Lancement du « Maréchal Joffre »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18127. 15 May 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 14 July 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  12. ↑ "Cliona". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Lexia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "Lancement de la chaloupe a moteur « Marcelle »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18132. 20 May 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  15. ↑ "Maracay". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  16. ↑ Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de 1671 à nos jours, Tome II (1870-2006) (1st ed.). Paris: JMR. Jean-Michel Roche.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  18. ↑ "Conch". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ↑ Hague 1993, p. 32.
  20. ↑ "Le Lancement du « Columbie »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18192. 19 July 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  21. ↑ "« Ville de Majunga »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18193. 20 July 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 16 July 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  22. ↑ Goossens, Reuben (2011–2012). "RMS Strathaird". P&O Line. SS Maritime. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  23. ↑ "Constructions Navales, L'activitié de nos chantiers privés [Courgain]". La Journée industrielle (in French). Vol. 14ᵉ Année, no. 4139. 17 September 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2026 – via RetroNews.
  24. ↑ Whitley 1999, p. 96.
  25. ↑ Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 91.
  26. ↑ Whitley 1999, p. 132.
  27. ↑ "T/S Monterey". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  28. ↑ "Lancement du porteur « Bout Blanc »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18277. 12 October 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 11 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  29. ↑ "Lancement du porteur « Risban »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18279. 14 October 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 11 June 2026 – via Nutrisco.
  30. ↑ "The "Rex" and the "Conte di Savoia"". Shipping Wonders of the World. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  31. ↑ Whitley 1999, p. 239.
  32. ↑ Whitley 1999, p. 149
  33. ↑ "Lancement du porteur « Saint-Marc »". Le Petit Havre (in French). Vol. 51ᵉ Année, no. 18336. 10 December 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 16 May 2026 – via Gallica.
  34. ↑ "Highland Patriot". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  35. ↑ "East Goodwin". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  36. ↑ "Avon Queen". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  37. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 114.
  38. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 310.
  39. ↑ "John Hickman". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  40. ↑ "Skylark 8". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

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